About Doris
Doris Rogers is a licensed clinical social worker with 35 years of experience in California. She works with people facing stress and anxiety, and she helps those dealing with grief, life changes, and parenting concerns. Doris aims to create a respectful, compassionate space where people feel heard and can start making small changes.
Her approach is practical and person-centered. She listens first, then tailors conversations and plans to each person's situation.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on clear steps you can take between meetings to manage stress and build confidence. Doris has a long history helping people through aging and health-related transitions. She supports those navigating caregiver stress, chronic illness, hospice and end-of-life concerns, and the emotions that come with major life shifts.
She also addresses relationship and communication problems that affect everyday life. Many people seek her help for body image, self-love, and women's issues. She also works with blended family challenges, divorce and separation, and isolation or loneliness.
Her style is steady and practical, aimed at restoring a sense of agency and hope. In sessions she uses proven, evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person's needs. She encourages small, achievable goals and keeps plans straightforward.
If you are looking for steady support through a difficult season, she offers a calm, experienced presence to guide the work.
How evidence-based techniques translate to online care
Many of the approaches Doris uses are evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical skills and coping strategies. One common approach teaches calming and coping skills for anxiety and stress, like breathing, grounding, and breaking worries into manageable steps. These techniques help reduce immediate overwhelm and build steadier routines over time.Another frequent focus is grief and life-transition work, which involves naming difficult feelings, tracking changes in roles, and creating plans for daily functioning. This work helps people tolerate strong emotions and plan small actions that feel doable during hard periods.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about goals, daily life, and what has or has not helped before. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust the plan over time based on what actually helps in your life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper interaction. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts between sessions and keep momentum on busy days. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a workday, a caregiving schedule, or times of limited mobility.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 35 years
- Licensed
- California
- Languages
- English
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